The meeting will take place in the margins of the IMF/World Bank meetings. It is a follow up to a Eurogroup session in the same format that took place in June 2021 in Brussels.
The discussion will focus on the transatlantic economic outlook and risks in view of Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine, the energy crisis and the high levels of inflation experienced on both sides of the Atlantic.
The meeting will be attended by EU finance ministers, IMF MD Kristalina Georgieva, ECB President Christine Lagarde, EVP Valdis Dombrovskis and Commissioners Gentiloni and McGuinness.
Arrangements for the press conference
The meeting will be followed by a Eurogroup press conference at 9:30 ET / 15:30 CET.
Accredited journalists for the IMF meetings, the press conference will take place in Cedar Hall HQ1-1-660. Meeting point at IMF press centre at 9:00 ET.
For others, the press conference will be streamed live here (without the possibility of remote participation).
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